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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 2, 2006McIntosh County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2006, 2:17 AM CDT for McIntosh County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 73 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2006, 2:17 AM CDT (07:17 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2006, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
73 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties McIntosh County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 2, 2:40 AM CDTHAIL 15 W Indianola, OK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2006-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 707 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2006-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
707 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
525 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 020717
SVRTSA
OKC091-121-020830-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0252.060502T0717Z-060502T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
217 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 210 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
  WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANNA...MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...INDIANOLA...
  RAIFORD...CROWDER...VIVIAN...CANADIAN AND EUFAULA.

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3524 9594 3507 9588 3512 9535 3517 9535
      3518 9545 3531 9545 3531 9533 3541 9534

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 020740
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
239 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

OKC091-121-020830-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060502T0830Z/
MCINTOSH OK-PITTSBURG OK-
239 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT
FOR PITTSBURG AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES...

AT 232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VIVIAN...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH. 

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...EUFAULA AND 
QUINTON.

OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER FAR SOUTHWEST 
MCINTOSH COUNTY AND FAR NORTHWEST PITTSBURG COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 
25 MPH. 

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3524 9594 3507 9588 3512 9535 3517 9535
      3518 9545 3531 9545 3531 9533 3541 9534

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 020805
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
305 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

OKC091-121-020830-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060502T0830Z/
MCINTOSH OK-PITTSBURG OK-
305 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT
FOR PITTSBURG AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES...

AT 258 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL 
AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR QUINTON... 
FEATHERSTON...INDIANOLA... AND JUST SOUTH OF HANNA. THE STORMS WERE 
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...EUFAULA AND
QUINTON.

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3524 9594 3507 9588 3512 9535 3517 9535
      3518 9545 3531 9545 3531 9533 3541 9534

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 020829
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
329 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

OKC091-121-020839-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060502T0830Z/
MCINTOSH OK-PITTSBURG OK-
329 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PITTSBURG AND MCINTOSH
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 330 AM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3524 9594 3507 9588 3512 9535 3517 9535
      3518 9545 3531 9545 3531 9533 3541 9534

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee52 min
May 2, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell61 min
May 2, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee49 min
May 2, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee62 min
May 2, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh63 min
May 2, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner16 min
May 2, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee67 min
May 2, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee80 min
May 2, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair47 min
May 2, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Sequoyah64 min
May 2, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair51 min
May 2, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer66 min
May 2, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner40 min
May 2, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner28 min
May 2, 4:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee24 min
May 2, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah30 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.